Managing Algae in Drinking Water Systems Course Resources
This post provides resources for WCWC’s Managing Algae in Drinking Water Systems course.
Supporting Documents
- Algae Identification field guide
- Algae identification lab guide
- Easy identification of the most common freshwater algae
- Information about Blue-Green Algae: Background, potential impacts to human health and safety of drinking water
- Information about Blue-Green Algae: Information for drinking water system owners and operators
- The Ministry’s 12 Point Action Plan: Blue-Green Algal Blooms and OD Response Procedure
- Algae Blooms in Ontario’s Lakes: Analyzing the Trends
- A Water Utility Manager’s Guide to Cyanotoxins
Videos
- Plankton nets
- Real time monitoring
- Monitoring cyanotoxins
- How-to use a microscope
- Under the microscope: diatoms on the move
- How-to analyze cyanotoxins using the Microcystin-LR equivalents ELISA method
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Cyanobacteria & Cyanotoxins
Over the past decade, cyanobacteria blooms have emerged as an important issue in the water and wastewater industry. Information has been collected pertaining to health concerns, control strategies, and treatment effectiveness for professionals in the water sector.
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Apps and Tools
CyAN App User’s Guide: Android Application Manual
CyAN Mobile App Helps Communities Detect Cyanobacteria in U.S. Water Bodies
Cyanobacteria Assessment Network App (CyAN app) Fact Sheet
Cyanobacteria Assessment Network Mobile Application (CyAN app)
Cyanotoxin Oxidation Testing Protocol
PAC Calculator for Cyanotoxin Removal
PAC Jar Testing Protocol for Cyanotoxin Removal in Drinking Water
Fact Sheets
Cyanobacteria in freshwater fact sheet
Drinking Water Health Advisories for Two Cyanobacterial Toxins
Drinking Water Health Advisory for the Cyanobacterial Microcystin Toxins
Drinking Water Health Advisory for the Cyanobacterial Toxin Cylindrospermopsin
Health Effects Support Document for the Cyanobacterial Toxin Cylindrospermopsin
Health Effects Support Document for the Cyanobacterial Toxin Microcystins
Information on Blue Green Algae
Irrigating Food Crops with Water Containing Cyanobacteria Blooms
Microcystin Degredation by Chemical Oxidation
Guides
Algae identification – lab guide : accompanying manual to the algae identification field guide
Algal Toxin Risk Assessment and Management Strategic Plan for Drinking Water
A Water Utility Manager’s Guide to Cyanotoxins
Cyanobacteria and Drinking Water: Occurrence, Risks, Management and Knowledge Gaps for Public Health
Decision protocols for cyanobacterial toxins in BC drinking water and recreational water
Drinking Water Health Advisory Documents for Cyanobacterial Toxins
Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document – Cyanobacterial Toxins
Visual Identification of Cyanobacteria Blooms (also referred to as blue-green algae blooms)
Presentations
Algae Blooms in Ontario’s Lakes: Analyzing the trends
Blue-Green Algae Blooms in Ontario’s Lakes
Challenges and a Pilot Study on Cyanobacteria and Small Drinking Water Systems
Challenges to Treat Cyanotoxins from Drinking Water on a Large, Small and Household Scale
Cyanobacteria and Drinking Water: Occurrence, risks, management and knowledge gaps for public health
Cyanobacteria and Toxins – Healthy Lakes and Inland Watercourse Public Information Session
Destruction of Cyanotoxins by Chemical Oxidation Treatment Processes
EPA Health Advisories for Cyanotoxins
Managing Algal Blooms in Drinking Water using Watershed-Scale Approaches
Removal of Blue-Green Algae and Toxins by Small Water System Technologies
Removing Cyanobacteria and Microcystins Using Small System Technologies
Reports
Challenges to Treat Cyanotoxins from Drinking Water on a Large, Small and Household Scale
Small Systems Technology Assessment for Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxin Removal
Videos
Cyanobacterial Blooms and Cyanotoxins
Cyanobacterial Blooms and Cyanotoxins: Analytical Methods
Cyanobacterial Blooms and Cyanotoxins: General Treatment
Cyanobacterial Blooms and Cyanotoxins: Oxidation Treatment
How to analyze for cyanotoxins using the Microcystin-LR equivalence ELISA method
Understanding Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins
Webinars
Algal Toxins – Source Water Management and Treatment
Controlling Algae in Water Treatment Plants
Cyanobacteria and their toxins in Canadian waters: guidelines from Health Canada
Hyperspectral Characterization of Harmful Algal Blooms
Managing and Mitigating Cyanotoxins in Water Supplies
Managing Intracellular Cyanotoxin Release During Oxidation Processes in Drinking Water
Managing the Impacts of Algal Blooms in Drinking Water Treatment Plants
Predictive Analytics Of Harmful Algae Blooms
Preparing for and Mitigating Algae Blooms and Cyanotoxins — The Utility Perspective
Websites
Blue-Green Algae and Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria): a guide
Cyanobacteria and Drinking Water Webinar Recording
Cyanobacteria – Tapping into the risks to drinking water
Ultrasound for the control of cyanobacteria
Abstracts & Articles
Acute animal and human poisonings from cyanotoxin exposure — A review of the literature
A Costly Endeavor: Addressing Algae Problems in a Water Supply
A Cyanotoxin Primer for Drinking Water Professionals
A review of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins removal/inactivation in drinking water treatment
Biodegradation of microcystin-LR by indigenous mixed bacterial populations
Blooming algae: a Canadian perspective on the rise of toxic cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria: Rising to the Surface of Emerging Challenges
Effects Of Algae Blooms On A Water Treatment Plant
Efficient removal of microcystin-LR by UVC/ H2O2 in synthetic and natural water samples
Evaluating expected microcystin removal at three Ontario drinking water treatment plants
Everything a Manager Should Know About Algal Toxins but Was Afraid to Ask
Fluorescence as a Surrogate for the Release of Intracellular Material From Cyanobacteria
Granular Activated Carbon for the Removal of Seasonally Present Microcystin-LR
Harmful Algae Blooms: Management of Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water Treatment
Impacts of Potassium Permanganate and Powdered Activated Carbon on Cyanotoxin Release
Low‐risk cyanobacterial bloom sources: Cell accumulation within full‐scale treatment plants
Managing drinking water supplies. Lake and reservoir management
Microcystin in Ugandan lakes: Production dynamics, accumulation in fish, and risk evaluation
Microcystin-LR adsorption by powdered activated carbon
Mitigating harmful cyanobacterial blooms: Strategies for control of nitrogen and phosphorous loads
Molecular characterization of potential geosmin-producing cyanobacteria from Lake Ontario
Neurotoxic cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) toxicosis in Ontario
Ozonation of NOM and algal toxins in four treated waters
Phosphorus Sequestration for Control of Cyanobacterial Growth in Drinking Water Reservoirs
Proposed nutrient criteria for water supply lakes and reservoirs
Taste and Odor Production in Reservoirs by Blue‐Green Algae
Treatment of the Cyanotoxin Anatoxin-a via Activated Carbon Adsorption
Ultrasonic Treatment of Algae in a New Jersey Reservoir
Use of Potassium Permanganate for Control of Problem Algae
Using activated carbon to remove toxicity from drinking water containing cyanobacterial blooms
Using Coagulation, Flocculation, and Settling to Remove Toxic Cyanobacteria
Vertical Profiling Safeguards Drinking Water and Sheds Light on Cyanobacteria
Vulnerability of Quebec drinking-water treatment plants to cyanotoxins in a climate change context
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